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Unfortunately, in the Western Murdochracies we live in an extraordinary, holocaust-ignoring, genocide-ignoring Culture of Ignoring, a Culture of Denial, a Culture of Lying by Omission (see “Climate Emergency, Exceptionalism & Ignoring Downunder. Letter to Eminent Australians over Public Honesty”: http://sites.google.com/site/climatecrisisarticles/climate-emergency-1 ).
Peace is the only way but Silence kills and Silence is complicity. We are obliged to INFORM others about gross abuses of humanity and risks to humanity e.g. the ongoing Australian Aboriginal Genocide (2 million post-invasion excess deaths 1788-2009; 9,000 Aborigines die avoidably each year), Palestinian Genocide (post-1967 excess deaths 0.3 million), Iraqi Genocide (post-invasion excess deaths 2.5 million; excess death 4.4 million, 1990-2009), Afghan Genocide (post-invasion excess deaths 4.5 million) and worsening Climate Genocide (that is set to kill 10 billion people this century due to unaddressed, man-made climate change).
However my words having failed, as an artist I have also turned to painting HUGE (circa 1.3 metres x 2.9 metres) Paintings for Peace, the Planet and for Mother and Child – a huge enterprise of Art for Peace, the Planet and Mother and Child.
All of these huge paintings have a Golden Rectangle geometrical scaffolding and many indeed have a Double Golden Rectangle geometrical scaffolding after the fashion of Pablo Picasso's huge anti-war painting "Guernica".
Images of all these huge paintings - plus images of many smaller but geometrically-related landscape and figurative paintings - can be found on Flikr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/.
Below is LISTING of my HUGE paintings (please feel free to reproduce these images, with attribution, in the interests of Humanity and please forward these links to everyone you can!).
These were published originally on the humane and ethical MWC News in Canada but as of 19 January 2010 this site was no longer accessible.
An alphabetical listing with links to Flickr is privided below.
Alhambra Pollock: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4288352915/ .
Apocalypse Now: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4289096468/ .
Bundoora Arabesque: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4288353489/ .
Bundoora Eucalyptus: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4318154968/ .
Civilization (aka Genes and Memes): http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4289096920/ .
Clean Energy World: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4290160934/
Deep Mind: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4288356319/ .
Four Seasons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4291170301/ .
Isfahan Matisse: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4290121654/ .
Jerusalem Madonna: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/3428568005/in/photostream/ .
Manhattan Madonna: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/3429196820/ .
Melbourne Madonna: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/3429309944/in/photostream/ .
My Country: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4289416543/ .
One Day Pathétique: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4291910148/ .
Qana: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4293063550/ ,
Rosanna Madonna: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/3428526429/in/photostream/ .
Scheherazade: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4288354117/ .
Swan Lake: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4291171221/ .
Sydney Madonna: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/3429287878/in/photostream/ .
Terra: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4289095912/ .
Truelove: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4289097962/ .
Below are alphabetically-listed Workable LINKS to Images and Discussion of huge paintings for Peace by Gideon Polya.
1. Qana - a buge painting based on Pablo Picasso's huge, famous anti-war painting "Guernica" but relating to the Israeli destruction of Qana in Southern Lebanon for the second time in 2006.
Qana:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4293063550/ ,
http://www.friendsoflebanon.org/index_files/Announcements_photography_film_art.htm ,
http://sites.google.com/site/palestinegenocideessays/picasso-guernica-qana and
2. Madonna and Child series.
Jerusalem Madonna: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/3428568005/in/photostream/ ,
http://gpolya.artician.com/portfolio/Jerusalem-Madonna-by-Gideon-Polya/ , http://sites.google.com/site/artforpeaceplanetmotherchild/jeruslem-madonna and
Manhattan Madonna: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/3429196820/ ,
http://gpolya.artician.com/portfolio/Manhattan-Madonna-by-Gideon-Polya/ and
Melbourne Madonna: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/3429309944/in/photostream/ ,
http://sites.google.com/site/artforpeaceplanetmotherchild/melbourne-madonna
and
http://gpolya.artician.com/portfolio/Melbourne-Madonna/ .
Rosanna Madonna: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/3428526429/in/photostream/ ,
http://gpolya.artician.com/portfolio/Rosanna-Madonna-by-Gideon-Polya/ , http://sites.google.com/site/artforpeaceplanetmotherchild/rosanna-madonna and
Sydney Madonna: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/3429287878/in/photostream/ ,
http://gpolya.artician.com/portfolio/Sydney-Madonna-by-Gideon-Polya/ and
3. Figurative, narrative abstract expressionism.
Clean Energy World: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4290160934/ ,
Four Seasons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4291170301/ ,
One Day Pathétique: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4291910148/ ,
http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2008/10/dr-gideon-polya-on-end-of-coal-power.html and
http://sites.google.com/site/artforpeaceplanetmotherchild/one-day-pathetique
.
Swan Lake: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4291171221/ .
4. Muslim (Tile Art), Renaissance (Fibonacci Sequence-based Golden Rectangle) & Aboriginal figurative elements conflated for multi-cultural abstract expressionism.
Alhambra Pollock: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4288352915/
Apocalypse Now: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4289096468/ .
Bundoora Arabesque: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4288353489/ . (for discussion see:
http://www.countercurrents.org/polya120807.htm ).
Bundoora Redgums: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4290122090/ .
Deep Mind: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4288356319/ ,
http://www.photosynthesismag.com/medi_art_and_culture/$photosynthesis_art_technnology_and_culture_journal/~Tag?name=gideon%20polya&_c=1 and http://sites.google.com/site/artforpeaceplanetmotherchild/deep-mind .
Civilization (aka Genes and Memes): http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4289096920/ and http://sites.google.com/site/artforpeaceplanetmotherchild/civilization-aka-genes-and-memes .
Isfahan Matisse: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4290121654/ , http://payvand.com/news/07/may/1180.html ,
and http://sites.google.com/site/artforpeaceplanetmotherchild/isfahan-matisse .
My Country: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4289416543/ and
Scheherazade: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4288354117/ (for detailed discussion see:
http://bellaciao.org/en/spip.php?article19520 ,
http://sites.google.com/site/afghanistangenocideessays/war-on-women
and http://sites.google.com/site/artforpeaceplanetmotherchild/scheherazade ).
Terra: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4289095912/ .
Truelove: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonpolya/4289097962/ and http://sites.google.com/site/climatecrisisarticles/new-year-s-resolutions-six-graces ..
War is the penultimate in racism and genocide the ultimate in racism. It is very powerful to quote expert opinion. Thus eminent physicist Stephen Hawking on the key existential threats facing Humanity (2018): “We see great peril if governments and societies do not take action now to render nuclear weapons obsolete and to prevent further climate change” (Stephen Hawking, “Brief Answers to the Big Questions”, John Murray, 2018, Chapter 7). Most of the following websites alphabetically list expert opinions in 4 inter-connected key areas, namely “End war and genocide”, “Free Palestine”, “Reverse climate change”, and “Stop lying and censorship”. Everyone is invited to make use of this substantial resource and to feel free to disseminate this list to everyone they can.
END WAR AND GENOCIDE
“Aboriginal Genocide”: https://sites.google.com/site/aboriginalgenocide/ .
“Afghan Holocaust, Afghan Genocide”: https://sites.google.com/site/afghanholocaustafghangenocide/ .
“Iraqi Holocaust, Iraqi Genocide”: https://sites.google.com/site/iraqiholocaustiraqigenocide/ .
“Afghanistan Genocide essays”: https://sites.google.com/site/afghanistangenocideessays/ .
“Art for peace, planet, mother & child”: https://sites.google.com/site/artforpeaceplanetmotherchild/ .
“Bengali Holocaust (WW2 Bengal Famine) writings of Gideon Polya”: https://sites.google.com/site/drgideonpolya/bengali-holocaust .
“Gideon Polya”: https://sites.google.com/site/drgideonpolya/home .
“Gideon Polya writing”: https://sites.google.com/site/gideonpolyawriting/ .
“Iraq Genocide essays”: https://sites.google.com/site/iraqgenocideessays/ .
“Muslim Holocaust Muslim Genocide”: http://sites.google.com/site/muslimholocaustmuslimgenocide/ .
“Poetry reviews by Gideon Polya”: https://sites.google.com/site/poetryreviewsbygideonpolya/ .
“Report genocide”: https://sites.google.com/site/reportgenocide/ .
"State crime and non-state terrorism": https://sites.google.com/site/statecrimeandnonstateterrorism/ .
“Stop state terrorism”: https://sites.google.com/site/stopstateterrorism/ .
FREE PALESTINE
Apartheid Israeli state terrorism: (A) individuals exposing Apartheid Israeli state terrorism, and (B) countries subject to Apartheid Israeli state terrorism”: https://sites.google.com/site/palestiniangenocide/apartheid-israeli-state-terrorism .
“Boycott Apartheid Israel”: https://sites.google.com/site/boycottapartheidisrael/.
“Gaza Concentration Camp”: https://sites.google.com/site/palestiniangenocide/gaza-concentration .
“Jews Against Racist Zionism”: https://sites.google.com/site/jewsagainstracistzionism/ .
“Non-Jews Against Racist Zionism”: https://sites.google.com/site/nonjewsagainstracistzionism/ .
“One-state solution, unitary state, bi-national state for a democratic, equal rights, post-apartheid Palestine: https://sites.google.com/site/boycottapartheidisrael/one-state-solution .
“Palestinian Genocide”: https://sites.google.com/site/palestiniangenocide/ .
“Palestinian Genocide essays”: https://sites.google.com/site/palestinegenocideessays/ .
"Zionist quotes re racism and Palestinian Genocide": https://sites.google.com/site/palestiniangenocide/zionist-quotes .
REVERSE CLIMATE CHANGE
“1% on 1%: one percent annual wealth tax on One Percenters”: https://sites.google.com/site/300orgsite/1-on-1 .
“2 degrees C”: https://sites.google.com/site/300orgsite/2-degrees-c .
“100% renewable energy by 2020”: https://sites.google.com/site/100renewableenergyby2020/ .
“300 ppm CO2 ASAP: https://sites.google.com/site/300orgsite/300-ppm-co2-asap .
“2011 climate change course”: https://sites.google.com/site/300orgsite/2011-climate-change-course .
“300.org”: . https://sites.google.com/site/300orgsite/300-org .
“300.org climate crisis glossary”: https://sites.google.com/site/climategenocide/300-org-climate-crisis
“300.org – return atmosphere CO2 to 300 ppm CO2”: https://sites.google.com/site/300orgsite/300-org---return-atmosphere-co2-to-300-ppm .
“Are we doomed?”: https://sites.google.com/site/300orgsite/are-we-doomed .
“Banyule Climate Action Now”: https://sites.google.com/site/banyuleclimateactionnow/ .
“Biofuel Genocide”: https://sites.google.com/site/biofuelgenocide/ .
“Carbon Debt Carbon Credit”: https://sites.google.com/site/carbondebtcarboncredit/ .
“Climate crisis articles”: https://sites.google.com/site/climatecrisisarticles/home .
“Climate Genocide”: https://sites.google.com/site/climategenocide/ .
“Climate Justice & Intergenerational Equity”: https://sites.google.com/site/300orgsite/climate-justice .
"Climate Revolution Now": https://sites.google.com/site/300orgsite/climate-revolution .
“Cut carbon emissions 80% by 2020”: https://sites.google.com/site/cutcarbonemissions80by2020/ .
“Divest from fossil fuels”: https://sites.google.com/site/300orgsite/divest-from-fossil-fuels .
“Eco-socialism, green socialism”: https://sites.google.com/site/ecosocialismgreensocialism/
“Gas is not clean energy”: https://sites.google.com/site/gasisnotcleanenergy/ .
“Methane bomb threat”: https://sites.google.com/site/methanebombthreat/ .
“Nuclear weapons ban, end poverty & reverse climate change”: https://sites.google.com/site/300orgsite/nuclear-weapons-ban .
“Older people and climate change”: https://sites.google.com/site/olderpeopleandclimatechange/home .
“Science and economics experts: carbon tax needed and not carbon trading”, 300.org: https://sites.google.com/site/300orgsite/sciennce-economics-experts-carbon-tax-needed-not-carbon-trading .
“Stop air pollution deaths”: https://sites.google.com/site/300orgsite/stop-air-pollution-deaths .
“Stop climate crime”: https://sites.google.com/site/300orgsite/stop-climate-crime .
"Too late to avoid global warming catastrophe": https://sites.google.com/site/300orgsite/too-late-to-avoid-global-warming .
“Yarra Valley Climate Action Group”: https://sites.google.com/site/yarravalleyclimateactiongroup/Home .
STOP LYING & CENSORSHIP
“ABC censorship”: https://sites.google.com/site/abccensorship/abc-censorship .
“ABC fact-checking unit & incorrect reportage by the ABC (Australia’s BBC)”: https://sites.google.com/site/mainstreammediacensorship/abc-fact-checking-unit .
“Boycott Murdoch media”: https://sites.google.com/site/boycottmurdochmedia/ .
“Censorship by ABC Late Night Live”: https://sites.google.com/site/censorshipbyabclatenightlive/ .
"Censorship by ABC Saturday Extra": https://sites.google.com/site/censorshipbyabclatenightlive/censorship-by-abc-sat .
“Censorship by the ABC”: https://sites.google.com/site/censorshipbytheabc/ .
“Censorship by Crikey (Australia)”: https://sites.google.com/site/mainstreammediacensorship/censorship-by-crikey .
“Censorship by SBS (Australia)”: https://sites.google.com/site/mainstreammediacensorship/censorship-by-sbs-australia .
“Censorship by The Age”: https://sites.google.com/site/mainstreammediacensorship/censorship-by-the-age .
“Censorship by the BBC”: https://sites.google.com/site/censorshipbythebbc/ .
“Censorship by The Conversation”: https://sites.google.com/site/mainstreammediacensorship/censorship-by .
"Censorship by The Guardian Australia": https://sites.google.com/site/mainstreammediacensorship/home/censorship-by-the-guardian-a .
"Censorship by The Guardian UK": https://sites.google.com/site/mainstreammediacensorship/censorship-by-the-guardian-uk .
“Educational apartheid”: https://sites.google.com/site/educationalapartheid/ .
“Experts: US did 9/11”: https://sites.google.com/site/expertsusdid911/ .
“Expose holocaust denial & ignoring”: https://sites.google.com/site/exposeholocaustdenialignoring/Home .
“Exposing Australia”: https://sites.google.com/site/exposingaustralia/home .
“Free university education” : https://sites.google.com/site/freeuniversityeducation/home
“Lying by omission”: https://sites.google.com/site/mainstreammedialying/lying-by-omission .
“Mainstream media censorship”: https://sites.google.com/site/mainstreammediacensorship/home .
“Mainstream media lying”: https://sites.google.com/site/mainstreammedialying/ .
“Questions Q&A won’t ask”: https://sites.google.com/site/questionsqawontask/home .
“Subversion of Australia”: https://sites.google.com/site/subversionofaustralia/home .